Pneumocystis jirovecii infection

Thorax

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 731-733

  Miller, R ^a   Huang, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAPSONE; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DNA SEQUENCE; EDITORIAL; GENE MUTATION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; PNEUMOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 4544296338     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2004.021436     Document Type: Editorial

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